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Re: Labor board: Northwestern University football players can unionize

Originally Posted by ludin

They can't. atheletic money cannot come from educational funds. this is an NCAA ruling. all college atheletics must be self funded by the athletic department to prevent the very thing you said from happening.

what you will see is season and game tickets go through the roof. which will mean loss of revenue as people can't afford the game tickets.
but what do you expect from a bunch of union people on a labor board.

The NCAA is opposed to this ruling. The NLRB is the 'decider' in this case. As far as no bleedover to the academic side I think that may be a little shortsighted. If the athletes can unionize then why not graduate teaching assistants, research students, etc.?

Re: Labor board: Northwestern University football players can unionize

Originally Posted by Lutherf

The NCAA is opposed to this ruling. The NLRB is the 'decider' in this case. As far as no bleedover to the academic side I think that may be a little shortsighted. If the athletes can unionize then why not graduate teaching assistants, research students, etc.?

they actually tried to do this and the labor board before ruled that they were not employee's that they were doing it for the benefit of their education and therefore were not employee's.

Re: Labor board: Northwestern University football players can unionize

If football players get paid, what about the golf team, the women's soccer team, the water polo team, etc? Will those sports be dropped altogether? If athletes strike, do they forfeit their scholarships? Can a team at one school strike on its own? Do athletes at Texas get a piece of the Longhorn Network revenues? Where is this going to go?

Funny, I thought getting an entire college education paid for at a major university was quite a reward to begin with, not to mention the unlimited amount of exposure that could lead to a lucrative pro career for the elite players.

I think this kills college athletics altogether except for football and men's basketball. Problem is, Title IX requires a school to offset the scholarships with women's sports, so it might even kill football and basketball, too at smaller schools.

You mean you're for the use of unpaid labor to generate profits to subsidize unprofitable sports?

I think that College Football is earning a lot of money off the labor of their college players and the data suggests that this is indeed so.

Yes that is their revenue, but you have to realize that almost all sports revenue comes from football and basketball. the school offers scholarships for non-revenue sports as well.
that money isn't just for football but for the athletic department as a whole.

it has to pay for trainers, medical, coaches, buildings, travel, meals, scholarships etc ... for all sports teams.
the net revenue is a lot less.